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The Quill Project

Understanding how constitutions and laws are written

Welcome to our research platform. The Quill Project works to research the history and enhance understanding of some of the world's foundational legal texts. If it is your first time here and you would like to know more about the project, please see our pages on the Pembroke College Oxford website.

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View Negotiations

View the negotiation processes modelled by the Quill platform.

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Advanced Tools

Ways to find particular texts or points of interest within our records.

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User Guide

View the project's user guide.

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About the Project

Read about the Quill Project's current research on the Pembroke College website.

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Resources

View the resource collections held by or linked to by the Quill platform.

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Commentaries

View the commentary collections that will help you to understand particular issues.

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Quick Introduction

An introduction to the nature of formal negotiations and how our platform models them.